CME PROPAGATION: WHERE DOES AERODYNAMIC DRAG “TAKE OVER”?
CME PROPAGATION: WHERE DOES AERODYNAMIC DRAG “TAKE OVER”?
We investigate the Sun-Earth dynamics of a set of eight well observed solar coronal mass ejections (CMEs) using data from the STEREO spacecraft. We seek to quantify the extent to which momentum coupling between these CMEs and the ambient solar wind (i.e., the aerodynamic drag) influences their dynamics. To this …